Annie Dawid

And if you've read some of the anecdotes from that time, you probably remember that he at one point holds up this Bible to his huge congregation and says, there's no sky God who cares about you. And he throws the Bible on the ground and stamps on it. And he says, if there's a sky God, let him come get me for doing this. And that's pretty scandalous for especially the old people.

And if you've read some of the anecdotes from that time, you probably remember that he at one point holds up this Bible to his huge congregation and says, there's no sky God who cares about you. And he throws the Bible on the ground and stamps on it. And he says, if there's a sky God, let him come get me for doing this. And that's pretty scandalous for especially the old people.

And I haven't quite mentioned that.

And I haven't quite mentioned that.

And I haven't quite mentioned that.

Yeah. Yeah. And so he manages that. You say they're mutually exclusive, but he brings them together in the people's temple and makes it work for a little while.

Yeah. Yeah. And so he manages that. You say they're mutually exclusive, but he brings them together in the people's temple and makes it work for a little while.

Yeah. Yeah. And so he manages that. You say they're mutually exclusive, but he brings them together in the people's temple and makes it work for a little while.

Well, the communal living did not fail in San Francisco. That's not why they left. They have, you know, multiple, like you can call them urban communes. And part of that is how Temple accumulates wealth. they get their members. And this is also apparently a very common thing in a lot of evangelical churches.

Well, the communal living did not fail in San Francisco. That's not why they left. They have, you know, multiple, like you can call them urban communes. And part of that is how Temple accumulates wealth. they get their members. And this is also apparently a very common thing in a lot of evangelical churches.

Well, the communal living did not fail in San Francisco. That's not why they left. They have, you know, multiple, like you can call them urban communes. And part of that is how Temple accumulates wealth. they get their members. And this is also apparently a very common thing in a lot of evangelical churches.

People give up all of their worldly goods and they give all the profits or in Jones's case, like the titles to their places of habitation, they give that over to the church. And so then they have communal living as part of the ethos of the church. And And they eat very frugally.

People give up all of their worldly goods and they give all the profits or in Jones's case, like the titles to their places of habitation, they give that over to the church. And so then they have communal living as part of the ethos of the church. And And they eat very frugally.

People give up all of their worldly goods and they give all the profits or in Jones's case, like the titles to their places of habitation, they give that over to the church. And so then they have communal living as part of the ethos of the church. And And they eat very frugally.

And so People's Temple is gathering wealth as an organization, but the people are living like poor people and sharing living facilities and sharing meals. And they get an allowance of like a few bucks a week to live on. you know, to buy extras. Then when they run the collections at church services, like they're supposed to give some of that back to the church too. They're a few bucks a week.

And so People's Temple is gathering wealth as an organization, but the people are living like poor people and sharing living facilities and sharing meals. And they get an allowance of like a few bucks a week to live on. you know, to buy extras. Then when they run the collections at church services, like they're supposed to give some of that back to the church too. They're a few bucks a week.

And so People's Temple is gathering wealth as an organization, but the people are living like poor people and sharing living facilities and sharing meals. And they get an allowance of like a few bucks a week to live on. you know, to buy extras. Then when they run the collections at church services, like they're supposed to give some of that back to the church too. They're a few bucks a week.

Yes, he offers himself. The messianic thing is not unusual. The throwing in the political messiah with the religious messiah, that's unusual. So yeah, he's Jesus, he's Buddha. He's Marx. No, Lenin. He preferred Lenin to Marx. So the whole political dimension added to the religious dimension is what makes him unusual, I would say. But the messianic thing is the cult leader, or however you say it,

Yes, he offers himself. The messianic thing is not unusual. The throwing in the political messiah with the religious messiah, that's unusual. So yeah, he's Jesus, he's Buddha. He's Marx. No, Lenin. He preferred Lenin to Marx. So the whole political dimension added to the religious dimension is what makes him unusual, I would say. But the messianic thing is the cult leader, or however you say it,

Yes, he offers himself. The messianic thing is not unusual. The throwing in the political messiah with the religious messiah, that's unusual. So yeah, he's Jesus, he's Buddha. He's Marx. No, Lenin. He preferred Lenin to Marx. So the whole political dimension added to the religious dimension is what makes him unusual, I would say. But the messianic thing is the cult leader, or however you say it,